This is a pattern that I have coveted since I first joined ravelry, but I was held back by the price. I have finally caved and spent the money. I ordered some yarn from knitpicks, the stroll tweed yarn which is DK weight:

This yarn is so nice, and I love that the color way is called "kitten." The reason I went for yarn this color is because when I think of owls, I think of Hedwig. While I didn't want the yarn to be too white for fear of spilling something on my finished sweater, I wanted something light that was speckled with bits of black to resemble her feathers.

The yarn was a lighter weight than the pattern called for, so I am knitting with two strands at once to get the proper gage... Which means that I will have to order more yarn but oh well, you live and learn with such things.

So far I'm only up to the body of the sweater, so no sleeves or pretty owls, but it's something! Here's today's progress picture:

More to come and my sweater grows. Thanks for reading and come back soon :)

Sunday, February 24, 2013

Scott is acutely aware that his last salon haircut took place exactly 431 days ago, approximately three hours before his big breakup. He blames this largely on the haircut and has been cutting his own hair ever since.

In the universe of scott pilgrim and gang, relationships do not start quite the way that they do here (at east i hope your relationships don't start like that). For Scott, when he met Ramona he knew that she was the girl of his dreams.... largely because there happened to be a subspace highway conveniently located in his mind (oh, right, i forgot they don't teach you about those in Canada....). Lets just say that it made her job delivering packages much easier.

Since, as i mentioned, Ramona is literally the girl of his dreams Scott knows that he has to go after her. They begin dating, and he begins battling her evil exes, one by one. If you haven't read the comics or seen the movie, i would strongly recommend the consumption of both.

This post here is about a hat and some dolls that i made! (not quite what you were expecting, right?)

So in the scott pilgrim movie (and the first comic book, if we are being technical) Scott wears a blue and brown "Snail" hat. The one i made is similar to the one in the movie, but not quite exact.

So here is the hat, which i knit in the round using caron super soft in brown and blue. While i don't have an actual pattern (if there is any interest i would be willing to make another hat and keep better track of my stitching) the general idea of the pattern was to alternate between knitting three rows and purling five rows and then decrease slowly after 7 inches to get the tip like that.

While we are on the subject of Scott Pilgrim, i would also like to mention the Scott and Ramona dolls that i made:

These two were crocheted with red heart super soft yarn. Their bodies and heads were made by making circular/oval shapes and their accessories were made after (my personal favorite part was Ramona's goggles). Their hair was latch hooked on, just like the tinkerbell in my pervious post, and then cut to shape.

Saturday, December 15, 2012

"You know, I have the strangest feeling that I've seen that ship before. A long time ago, when i was very young."

So maybe, through looking at the other posts so far, some of you have realized I am a big fan of disney. It is just something that i grew up with, so it will always have a special place in my heart.

I really enjoy designing my own amiguri, and this post will be the first of many about the dolls that i make! May i present to you, ladies and gentlemen, everyones favorite fairy, Tinkerbell!

Now I have never really tried to write a pattern for any of my dolls, as i tend to make up the shapes as i go along. But this time i took some notes, and some pictures, so I am going to try to explain to you how to make one of these adorable dolls... and hopefully it will help me get a little bit better at actually writing down patterns. Hey, i can't get any worse, right?

Ok, so here goes nothing

To start, sc is single crochet. Its really the only stitch that i use, along with a basic increase and a basic decrease. For an increase, i just do two single crochet into one stitch, and for a decrease i stitch two stitches together using a single crochet stitch. This pattern is worked in the round unless otherwise noted.

BODY

6 sc into magic loop, tighten loop (6 stitches)

2 sc into each stitch (12 stitches)

*1 sc into the first stitch, 2 sc into the next stitch* 6
times (18 stitches)

*1 sc into the next two
stitches, 2 sc into the next stitch* 6 times (24 stitches)

*1 sc into the next three stitches, 2 sc into the next
stitch* 6 times (30 stitches)

*1 sc into the next four stitches, 2 sc into the next
stitch* 6 times (36 stitches)

work even for three rounds (36 stitches per round)

*1 sc into the next four stitches, sc2tog* 6 times (30
stitches)

*1 sc into the next three stitches, sc2tog* 6 times (24
stitches)

*1 sc into the next two
stitches, sc2tog* 6 times (18 stitches)

*1 sc into the first stitch, sc2tog* 6 times (12 stitches)

Work even for 1 row (12 stitches)

*1 sc into the first stitch, 2 sc into the next stitch* 6
times (18 stitches)

*1 sc into the next two
stitches, 2 sc into the next stitch* 6 times (24 stitches)

*1 sc into the next three stitches, 2 sc into the next
stitch* 6 times (30 stitches)

Switch colors from peach to green

Work even for three rounds (30 stitches per round)

*1 sc into the next four stitches, sc2tog* 6 times (30
stitches)

*1 sc into the next three stitches, sc2tog* 6 times (24
stitches)

*1 sc into the next two
stitches, sc2tog* 6 times (18 stitches)

Stuff doll before continuing

*1 sc into the first stitch, sc2tog* 6 times (12 stitches)

sc2tog6 times (6
stitches)

Break yarn and draw through the six stitches and sew the doll
body shut.

DRESS

Ok, so the
dress was done in pieces. First was the center rectangular section, and then
the triangles at the top and bottom on the dress.

Done in green

Center
rectangle:

Chain 32 stitches

Work 5 rows even (32 stitches per row)

Top Triangles:
(make 2)

At the center of the rectangle, pick
up and crochet six stitches(6 stitches)

Sc2tog, sc 2, sc2tog (4 stitches)

Weave ends into the body of the
dress.

Do this twice, once on the left side
of the center of the rectangle and once on the right

Bottom
triangles: (make 6)

Leave a long tail when starting the piece,
as you will need to sew the triangles to the rectangular part of the dress

Chain 5 stitches

Work two rows even (5 stitches)

Sc2tog, sc 1, sc2tog (3 stitches)

Sew ends in, and sew the larger end of
the triangles to the rectangle

Once the
triangles are attached to the rectangular part of the dress, and sew the dress
to the body of the doll.

ARMS - make 2

(sorry, I forgot to take a picture of the arms before attaching
them)

done in peach

chain three into a magic circle (3 stitches)

2 sc into each stitch (6 stitches)

Work even for 8 rows, draw yarn through the final stitch. Leave
a long tail to sew the arms to the body.

Wait to attach the arms to the body until after the dress is on
tink, so it is easier to position them.

LEGS - make 2

(sorry, no
picture prior to attachment for these either)

The legs are
made in a similar matter to the arms, but they are a bit bigger.

chain five into a magic circle (5 stitches)

2 sc into each stitch (10 stitches)

Work even for 10 rows, draw yarn through the final stitch. Leave
a long tail to sew the legs to the body.

SHOES - make 2

Shoe without white pom pom

Shoe with pom pom and tail so it can besewn to the leg

Ok, so this
is probably going to be the least coherent part of the pattern, as I figured
out these little shoes as I made them.

So to start….

Use green
yarn for the shoes

Chain 8
stitches (8 stitches)

Work two rows
even (8 stitches per round)

Now at the
end of the second row, instead of turning the piece and going to the next row,
continue to the side of the piece and pick up three stitches along the side of
the piece. Continue around the back of the piece, picking up the eight stitches
that were the original chain, then picking up the three stitches along the
other side.

The piece
should now have a circular look to it, so work the next round in a circle

Sc 22, in the
circle.

Next you have
to do the toe of the shoe…

Sc2tog twice.

Turn the piece
and taking one of the stitches from the circular section, sc2tog, sc 1, and
taking the second stitch from the circular section, sc2tog.

Cut the yarn,
leaving a leaving a long tail so that the shoe can be sewn to tink’s leg.

To make the
white pom pom, I chained 5 stitches in white yarn and tied the two tails
together and sewed the little ball to the top of the green shoe.

WINGS

Tinks wings
are done in four separate pieces, the two upper triangular parts and the two
lower circular parts, and then all of the pieces are sewn onto her back.

Using white
yarn

Circular part
(make 2)

6 sc into magic loop, tighten loop (6 stitches)

2 sc into each stitch (12 stitches)

Break yarn, leaving a long tail for
sewing.

Triangular
part (make 2)

6 sc into magic loop, tighten loop (6 stitches)

2 sc into each stitch (12 stitches)

Instead of continuing in the round, turn the piece and sc 5
stitches. Continue to work the rest of this part of the wing by turning the
piece and not going in the round.

Sc 3 stitches, sc2tog (4
stitches)

Sc 2 stitches, sc2tog (3
stitches)

Sc 1 stitch, sc2tog (2
stitches)

Sc2tog, break yarn and
pull yarn through stitch, weave in ends.

Position the four pieces of the wings on tinkerbells back and
stitch the wings into place on her back. I stitched the bottom, circular wings
on first.

HAIR

So to do the
hair I used the crochet hook like a latch hook, pulling yarn through the
stitches on her head and tying it down, then tying it back into a ponytail.
Once she had a ponytail I cut all of the yarn to the same length and wrapped
the ponytail into a bun, like you would wrap a ball of yarn. See the pictures
below for a further description.

1. 2.

3. 4.

5. 6.

7. 8.

And that’s that! Make sure to weave in all the loose ends and
add some button eyes, and you have yourself a little fairy. I know that some of
the explanations were not perfect, but I am happy to help if you have any
questions, so leave them as comments!